Posted on 06/15/2008 1:15:33 PM PDT by Libloather
BIDEN RISING IN VEEPSTAKES
June 14, 2008 -- BEFORE multimillionaire Democratic power broker James A. Johnson quit as Sen. Barack Obama's chief vice presidential screener, the name that came to the fore in his internal discussions was 65-year-old, six-term Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware.
Biden, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, made a good impression in his losing bid for the presidential nomination this year. The downside on him is that he talks too much. But he provides expertise and experience in national security that Obama lacks and, as a Catholic, adds cultural diversity to the ticket.
A footnote: Presidential supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton who are possibilities for vice president include Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell. The leading Clintonite for vice president, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, has definitively ruled himself out.
SOURCES close to Sen. John McCain say the Republican presidential candidate likes the idea of Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman, re-elected from Connecticut as an independent in 2006, or former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge for vice president - if he could get away with it. The political consensus is that McCain couldn't get away with either, and he knows it.
Lieberman, one of McCain's closest Senate friends, vigorously supports him for president and sometimes joins him on the campaign trail. However, Lieberman opposes Republican policy on nearly everything except Iraq, where he has backed the war effort.
Ridge, who served as President Bush's secretary of homeland security, is a generally conservative Republican except for being pro-choice on abortion. He was considered for vice president in 1996 and 2000, but was ruled out both times because of the abortion issue.
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Please. I think it is going to be Gov Sarah Palin of Alaska. It would be great if he could get Michael Steele or Colin Powell. I think stories about Lieberman and Bloomberg is rope-a-dope.
We are so screwed.
Considering both presidential candidates are democRATs, let’s just let Al Gore declare Obama-McRINO the winners by concensus.....The Great OZ has spoken.
McVain-Loserman ‘08!!
Another theory was Hillary was bidding for a Supreme Court Nomination for her support of Obama.
One thing for sure, "That Woman" is not going away quietly!
Anyone who thinks that the Republicans blew a golden opportunity when they controlled the Executive and the Congressional branches of government and then votes for McCain is invited to take part in a reenactment of the "The Flagellates of the 14th Century."
Thanks for your reply
Go Luke
If McCain picks Obomber for VEEP - would that be considered a huge shift to the right?
I didn’t want Lieberman to be vice president in 2000 and nothing has happened to change that opinion.
No way in heck does McCain-Lieberman get my vote.
God only knows.
The problem is the evangelical heavy weights supported Huckabee only to get Romney out of the race.
Of course they will. It's a huge business that relies on candidates spending money.
I think the Huckster is out (thankfully) since he has a new gig on Fox News.
I was raised in that Evangelical community. I used to go with Mom and she voted for the family as directed by Dad. Those times have changed. I don’t think everyone understands the speed at which Government works now vs 35 years ago.
I hope you have plenty of KY, because McCain is going to stick it to conservatives. Apparently, he doesn’t give a rat’s behind about what conservatives think.
I've been there. Plenty of horses and tobacco. My kinda place.
Colon Bowel has already come within an inch of endorsing the Obama.
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